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NEW ORLEANS GOSSIP. The entry of Banish will be refused in the future on account of bad acting at the post. Jockey irhillips was flned 25 for rough riding in the third race Wednesday. Two more Crescent City Derby candidates, H. T. Griffins Jove and S.. C. Hildreths Floyd IC, started at the Fair Grounds last Tuesday, and performed so well in the deep and heavy going as to make it almost a certainty that both will go , to the post in Saturdays event. Owner Kerrick says that he is not certain whether he will start Sheriff Bell on Saturday or not. When the colt slipped last Monday he scraped his hock against the fence. This injury Karrick thinks is not serious, but if the track is very deep and heavy, as now seems probable, Sheriff Bell is not likely to have much of a chance in the. Derby. If he does not go Odom will ride Witfull, which probably will be the favorite. James Robertson, who was suspended a few days ago at New Orleans for his inconsistent running of Rosanco, will be permitted to start his colt in the Derby. In fact, as the race is a stake and a closed event, he could not be prevented legally from doing so. By permission of the stewards Rosanco was worked a handy mile after the races last Tuesday. Jockey Lindsey was conscious Tuesday. His condition is so much improved that the doctors now believe he will recover. W. Karrick has sold his two-year-old colt Arnold K. to E. Trotter. W. W. Finn has shipped fourteen head from New Orleans to Little Rock for the meeting there. These are mostly horses bought by Finn at the Arnold and Co. sales. E. E. Farley and M. J. Maloney have had a controversy over the services of jockey Foley. Maloney signed a contract with the boys aunt last year at Toronto, and claims that this contract was duly announced in the Racing Calendar. Farley alleged that he found the boy around the Latonia track last fall, thought he had jockey material in him, and sent an agent to Detroit, who signed a contract, which was duly sworn to before a notary, with the boys mother. The stewards decided that Farley was entitled to the boys services. Foley has ridden some good races at New Orleans, notably on Versifier and is a promising jockey.
